Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161591 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/27
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive bioenergy incentives, and geographical proximity, has the potential to meet this increased demand. Using a dynamic recursive computable general equilibrium model, we estimate the macro- and socio-economic impacts of bioethanol production in Zambia under both commercial and smallholder farming models, including and excluding bagasse co-generation. Three feedstock crops are considered: sugarcane, cassava, and sweet sorghum.
Subjects: 
bioenergy
bioethanol
CGE
economy-wide modelling
Zambia
JEL: 
C68
Q16
Q18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-251-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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